Assyrian culture dates back nearly 5,000 years, which has given the Assyrian people plenty of time to perfect their family recipes. The Assyrian Food Festival returns to San Jose for a weekend packed with flavorful dishes, live music and art that’s meant to preserve and share Assyrian traditions. Guests can sample pastry…
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Matei Predescu on August 14, 2019
The legacy of Johnny Cash lives on with the help of singer-guitarist Danny Millsap and the Hennessy Three—together forming The Only Johnny Cash Tribute Band. Millsap credits a 1990 Cash concert in Fresno as a formative moment, sparking a lifelong goal to keep the music and mystery of The Man in Black…
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Erika Rasmussen on August 14, 2019
This pair of Los Angeles-based bands takes two distinctly different approaches to video game music. Super MadNES goes hard, crafting shred-tastic heavy metal renditions of classic console and arcade scores. Deploying twin finger-tapping runs and twinkling synths, they rip through netherworldly scales at a blistering pace as they take on tunes from…
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Matei Predescu on August 14, 2019
No Strings Attached is no ordinary cover band. Featuring classical musicians from the United Kingdom’s leading orchestras, plus DJs and singers, this chamber orchestra pays tribute to legendary producer, rapper and entrepreneur Dr. Dre. Featuring orchestral arrangements of Dr. Dre’s G-funk opus, 2001, this collaborative and multidisciplinary consortium tears down preconceived genre…
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Metro Staff on August 14, 2019
Canadian-born singer and songwriter Leslie Feist has been making music since 1991, and has been an integral member of the sprawling Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene since its founding in 1999. Both she and Broken Social Scene released full-length albums in 2017. Her solo release was titled Pleasure; the BSS album…
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Why do you need to scan my ID, Mr. Dispensary Receptionist Guy? The bouncer at your fancy facility already checked my driver’s license and confirmed I’m over 21. You’re really making this whole “legal weed” buying thing very par-annoying. Yeah! That’s “paranoid” and “annoying” put together because those are the kind of…
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Metro Staff on August 7, 2019
One of the oddest and most transgressive bands America ever produced came out of the South. Go figure. This group of Athens, Georgia, weirdos broke onto the scene in 1978 with “Rock Lobster”—following it up with a bevy of big hits, including “Love Shack” and “Private Idaho.” At first blush, their debut…
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Matei Predescu on August 7, 2019
These hip-hop and R&B superstars first collaborated on their 1997 single “Love is All We Need,” topping the charts with wholesome verses sung by Blige in her trademark soulful tone. The duo linked up earlier this year on another single, “Thriving,” to announce their co-headlining summer “Royalty Tour.” Their vastly influential careers…
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Bill Kopp on August 7, 2019
With their unique synthesis of musical forms from the Americas—everything from rock & roll to cumbia to zydeco—Los Lobos are an American treasure. The East LA-based group has long been a favorite of critics. Rolling Stone ranked Los Lobos’ third album, 1984’s How Will the Wolf Survive?, at No. 30 on its…
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Golden Gate Park is known for some of the chilliest summer weather in California. It is also home to one of the coolest music festivals on the West Coast, Outside Lands, which returns with an eclectic lineup. Acts include Paul Simon, Childish Gambino, Kacey Musgraves, Bebe Rexha, Ella Mai, Lil Wayne, blink-182…
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